A view through the bamboo curtains of the main lounge during the restoration of the Waldorf Hotel

Photograph by Les Bazso

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2010: THe Waldrf Hotel

Photograph by Les Bazso

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Another view of the lounge.

Photograph by Wayne Leidenfrost

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1950's cocktail menu from Tahitian Room, Waldorf Hotel

Photograph by Handout

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The cocktail lounge.

Photograph by Wayne Leidenfrost

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The old banquet room, pre-reno.

Photograph by Les Baszo

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Bob and Pat Mills, the Waldorf's original owners.

Photograph by Handout

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The stools in the lounge look like native drums, and are modeled on a drum in a Leeteg painting in the lounge.

Photograph by Les Bazso

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Bongo drum seats in the main lounge of the Waldorf Hotel

Photograph by Les Bazso

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This Peter Hopkinson painting was in the lounge but has been put in storage.

Photograph by Wayne Leidenfrost

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The poster for the "Dinner of the Dead" celebration at the Waldorf Hotel. The multi-course feast had a Mexican Day of the Dead theme, including a radish with lime canape sprinkled with "the pumpkin dust of death."

Photograph by Handout

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The map in the stairway was copied from a luxury ship that used to ply the waters between California abnd Hawaii in the days before air travel.

Photograph by Les Bazso

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When Tom Anselmi took over the Waldorf he found a rom upstairs filled with old paintings, including some Leetegs.